Douthwaite Lester Fusilier 4275043
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Personnel Entry
Name Douthwaite Lester
Army number 4275043
Rank Fusilier
Decorations
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 24
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 8/8/1943 at Tarsoa, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
Company/Battery Z Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
Died/Killed in action DIED of Malaria and malnutrition 8/8/1943.
Home address Wife lived at 40, Brewery Road, Ilkley. Buried initially in grave 93/2 in Tarsoa.
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